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Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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mraza007 wrote: post #13
frompdx wrote: post #9

I have a variety of hobbies. Maybe to many. I like to rotate hobbies to keep things interesting. My hobbies usually interest and complement each other in various ways. - Film photography. Photography is probably the first hobby I picked up. I have a variety of older film cameras in 35mm and medium format. Planning to convert an extra room in my basement into a darkroom in the near future. - Blogging. I have been runn…

Really interesting hobbies man. Honestly i picked up photography by taking a class and it really sparked my interest in photography and then I went onto do light paint photography and I loved every bit of it. Light paint photography allows you to be really creative as you are basically using the light to paint the picture. Furthermore I also do blogging but got burned out now I’m trying to get back into blogging I al…

Could you be convinced to play disc golf?

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by frompdx »

mrfusion wrote: post #30
frompdx wrote: post #9

I have a variety of hobbies. Maybe to many. I like to rotate hobbies to keep things interesting. My hobbies usually interest and complement each other in various ways. - Film photography. Photography is probably the first hobby I picked up. I have a variety of older film cameras in 35mm and medium format. Planning to convert an extra room in my basement into a darkroom in the near future. - Blogging. I have been runn…

Great list! What do you mean by a life game in godot? Also do you eat the mushrooms? (Could you be convinced to take up bird watching?)

  What do you mean by a life game in godot?
I wanted to make a game where the player can combine simple elements to create complexity. In this case, it's a 2D game where the player can "transport" humans and other animals like cats and dogs into the simulation. The player can confine the humans and other animals by drawing walls and fences.

Each animal in the simulation is an actor with a base set of rules that apply to all actors and a species specific set of rules that extend the base actor. For example, a dog will follow a human when they meet and return to the human when they are hungry. If humans meet they will share where to find food if they know of a location.

I'm still working on getting the game to a point where I feel like I can share it. The UI work was important for this because honestly my first attempt was not very good. However, I have reworked it and am much happier with it even though it is still very basic in appearance. At this point I am only using Godot's built in UI tools and draw functions rather than building from assets.

EDIT: I should probably clarify that the game itself isn't related to or inspired by Conway's game of life. It's more like the Sims or Sim Ant.

  Also do you eat the mushrooms?
No. But I don't necessarily look for edible mushrooms. Usually what I do is go for hikes or even walks in my neighborhood and look for mushrooms along the way. If I find one I have not found before I take a sample for a spore print. Then I write up a bit of info on where I found it and if I was able to ID it.

  (Could you be convinced to take up bird watching?)
I hadn't considered it but I can't see why not. My original motivation for mushroom identification was macro photography. My interest in actually ID'ing the mushrooms came later.

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by frompdx »

mraza007 wrote: post #13
frompdx wrote: post #9

I have a variety of hobbies. Maybe to many. I like to rotate hobbies to keep things interesting. My hobbies usually interest and complement each other in various ways. - Film photography. Photography is probably the first hobby I picked up. I have a variety of older film cameras in 35mm and medium format. Planning to convert an extra room in my basement into a darkroom in the near future. - Blogging. I have been runn…

Really interesting hobbies man. Honestly i picked up photography by taking a class and it really sparked my interest in photography and then I went onto do light paint photography and I loved every bit of it. Light paint photography allows you to be really creative as you are basically using the light to paint the picture. Furthermore I also do blogging but got burned out now I’m trying to get back into blogging I al…

Light painting can be very fun. I have a place that I would like to try this at the next time I am able to.

For blogging, I always make a point of not putting too much pressure on myself to write. In fact, the first article I planned to publish on my blog has never been finished. My interests changed and it is left nearly finished and unpublished. Many other articles suffered similar fates. Many more never made it out of my notebook. Maybe someday. Keeping it low pressure makes it easy for me to sit down and write something when I'm in the mood.

Let me think about sharing my photos. Unfortunately, this is pseudonym account and I haven't associated it with my real name at this time. All of my photos are published under my real name.

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by mraza007 »

ryanchants wrote: post #28
mraza007 wrote: post #26

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Nice How did you get started with creative coding that’s on my bucket list

I signed up for a workshop with Jessica In(shedrawswithcode on social media). And then found a class by Matt DesLauriers on Frontend Masters. The Generative Art podcast is a pretty good resource too.

Hey man thanks I’ll definitely check it out

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by mraza007 »

mrfusion wrote: post #31
mraza007 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really interesting hobbies man. Honestly i picked up photography by taking a class and it really sparked my interest in photography and then I went onto do light paint photography and I loved every bit of it. Light paint photography allows you to be really creative as you are basically using the light to paint the picture. Furthermore I also do blogging but got burned out now I’m trying to get back into blogging I al…

Could you be convinced to play disc golf?

Not quite sure with disc golf but I’ll definitely look it up

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by lukaszkups »

- blogging - I'm trying to write as much as possible, but never ending feeling of being tired doesn't help

- being a parent of 2 - it's really time-consuming, but rewarding :)

- developing small/silly games with Construct 3

- working out in general, as I've planned to get back to tricking soon (haven't done it in 7 years!)

- playing games (very casually: Stardew Valley, Spider-Man on PS4, etc.)

- programming (some open/closed source projects)

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